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tips when closed. The walking legs have a few hairs 

 above. The colour may be grey, or yellow with red 

 spots ; the fingers of the pincers are black. 

 Range. — Barbados, Florida, Brazil. 



2. Leptodius (Leptodius) caribceus. 



Leptodhis caribcsus . . A. Milne Edwards. 

 Chloyodins caribcEus . Desbonne and Schramm. 



The fourth joint of the first pair of legs exceeds the 

 border of the carapace by one-third of its length, other- 

 wise like L. floridanns. 



Range. — Guadaloupe. 



Subgenus Xanthodius. 



Xanthodiiis . . . Stimpson. 



The endostome with longitudinal cariuc-e partially 

 developed. 



3. Leptodius (Xanthodius) americanus. 



Leptodius ajnericmms . Saussure, A. Milne Edwards. 



XantJwdius americanus . Stimpson. 



Chlorodius americanus . Saussure, Desbonne and 



Schramm. 

 Cldorodius floridanns . Stimpson. 



The carapace is smooth behind. The lobules are 

 prominent, and are ornamented with punctuations. The 

 frontal border is emarginate. The antero-lateral border 

 is divided into five rounded and obtuse teeth, including 

 the external orbital angle. The first pair of legs strong ; 

 the fourth joint does not exceed the border of the cara- 

 pace ; the fifth and the hand are rough above and have 



